Cozumel Editor Picks

With just eight, two-story suites (each unit’s two daybeds downstairs are good for kids), this small hotel quickly starts to feel like home. The exceptionally kind and helpful owners are happy to give advice and make arrangements for guests.

Built in 1969, Cozumel’s first luxury hotel is still one of its best, with 220 sleek, modernist rooms, all facing a perfect semicircle of protected bay. There’s a lavish spa as well.

At the island’s southern tip, this large wildlife reserve contains alligators, rare birds, and sea turtles. Visitors can climb up an old lighthouse, cruise the mangrove swamps in a boat, and lounge at a beautiful secluded beach.

Luxe ingredients, a seasonally changing menu, and excellent service make this candlelit...more

Housed in a landmark wooden building just off the main plaza, the venerable Casa Denis is...more

Richly embroidered, black-velvet bags from Chiapas and intricate, Guatemalan bedspreads are among the treasures at this shop dedicated to textiles and rugs from around Latin America.

The Yucatan peninsula is studded with freshwater sinkholes called cenotes. Snorkeling in them is otherworldly, as you’re suspended in perfectly clear water above elaborate stalagmites. Hidden Worlds park contains some of the most dramatic of these watery caverns.